Recommend a simple CAD ??

[paulo]

Hi, Can anyone recommend a fairly simple CAD program that I can use
to draw basic circuits. I just want to be able to 'grab' various
components like resistors, capacitors, leds, relays etc and wire them
together.

Any help would be much appreciated as I have very little experience of
CAD.


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[Jamie]

paulo wrote:

Hi, Can anyone recommend a fairly simple CAD program that I can use
to draw basic circuits. I just want to be able to 'grab' various
components like resistors, capacitors, leds, relays etc and wire them
together.

Any help would be much appreciated as I have very little experience of
CAD.


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http://tinycad.sourceforge.net/

http://www.cadsoftusa.com/

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Real Programmers Do things like this.
http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5

 

[DJ Delorie]

paulnphillips@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (paulo) writes:

Hi, Can anyone recommend a fairly simple CAD program that I can use
to draw basic circuits. I just want to be able to 'grab' various
components like resistors, capacitors, leds, relays etc and wire them
together.

http://pcb.sourceforget.net/

The included library has a number of "standard" parts, or you can use
vias to make new ones. Then you just draw lines where you want
copper.

 

[kovalcik]

On Feb 18, 12:13 pm, paulnphill...@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
(paulo) wrote:

Hi, Can anyone recommend a fairly simple CAD program that I can use
to draw basic circuits. I just want to be able to 'grab' various
components like resistors, capacitors, leds, relays etc and wire them
together.

Any help would be much appreciated as I have very little experience of
CAD.

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You can download the PSpice student edition here:
http://electronics-lab.com/downloads/schematic/013/

It limits the number of components for simulation. I think the
schematics are limited to a single page. There are also libraries
available for download. This is a windows only program.

Another option is the gEDA project which is a complete set of open
source tools that run on Linux:
http://www.geda.seul.org/

This may be a little more difficult to get going, but is a pretty good
toolset. The libraries are growing.

 

[jfk1948]

also
http://www.spectrum-soft.com

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Hi, Can anyone recommend a fairly simple CAD program that I can use
to draw basic circuits. I just want to be able to 'grab' various
components like resistors, capacitors, leds, relays etc and wire them
together.

Any help would be much appreciated as I have very little experience of
CAD.


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[engcif]

On Feb 18, 7:13 pm, paulnphill...@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
(paulo) wrote:

Hi, Can anyone recommend a fairly simple CAD program that I can use
to draw basic circuits. I just want to be able to 'grab' various
components like resistors, capacitors, leds, relays etc and wire them
together.

Any help would be much appreciated as I have very little experience of
CAD.

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Hi,

I have once used Proteus (ARES) during my thesis studies. It is one of
the easiest and efficient tool for drawing schematic and PCBs. If you
can find one from somewhere use that.

Engin

 

[Frank Miles]

In article <1171818827_351@sp6iad.superfeed.net>,
paulo <paulnphillips@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote:

Hi, Can anyone recommend a fairly simple CAD program that I can use
to draw basic circuits. I just want to be able to 'grab' various
components like resistors, capacitors, leds, relays etc and wire them
together.

Any help would be much appreciated as I have very little experience of
CAD.

There are many. For a list of some of them, check out:
http://ceu.fi.udc.es/SAL/E/2/index.shtml

HTH...
-f
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[JeffM]

engcif wrote:

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